The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-03

Thousands Of words In the Language
| there Ia no more queeBly word. Ii
means free and unmeIited kindness.
My text hes no monopoly OF q G word.
0ne hundred and twenty.nine times
does the Bible eulog'Es grace. II Ia q
door swung wide open TO let into the
pardon OF God all the millions who
CHOOSE 10 enter II.
"John Newton sang Of 1t when he
wrote:
g, Amazing grace, how sweet the sosnd
That saved wretch like mol
"Phillp Doddridge put II into all
hymnology when he wrote;
'"araoot Ills q charming sound,
Hsrnosisua 10 tho ear;
Heaven with the echo shall REBOUND,
And all the world shall hear"
"0no a John Bunyan's great DO oks
In entitled Astounding Grace IL is
all Of grace that l am saved has
been on the lips OF hundreds OF dying
ohristisns. The boy Sammy was
right when, being examined for ad.
mlssion Into church membership, he
was aaked: Whose work was your
salvations' and he answered, Part
mine and part Coda Then the ex.
smlner asked: 'Wnat part did you do,
Sammy 2 and the answer was, Il op.
posed God oil could, and he did the
resti o, the hight OF IL, the depth
OF itl the length OF II, the breadth OF
it-the grace Of Godi Mr.. Fletcher,
having written a pamphlet that please 4
the King. the King offered 70 COM
pensste him, and Fletcher answered:
There Is only one thing l want, and
that 10 more grace Yes, my blood.
bought heaters, grace 10 live by and
grace 10 die by. Grace that saved the
publican, that saved Lydia, that saved
the dying thief, that saved the Taller,
that gavcd me. But the riches Of that
grace will not be fully undsn God
until heaven breaks In upon the soul.
An old Bcotchman, who had been q
soldier In one Of the European wars,
Was sick and dying In one OF our
American hospitals. His one desire
WAS 10 500 Scotland and his old home,
and once again walk the heather oil
the Highlands, and hear the bagpipes
OF the Bcoich regiments. The night
that the old soldier died, q young
man, eomewhat reckless, but kind.
hearted, got q company OF musicians
10 come and play under the old sol.
dler's window, and among the instru.
ments there Was q bagpipe. The In
slant that the musicians began, the
dying old man In dellrlum said:
Whats thatt What's that2 Why, it's
the regiments coming home. That's
the tune; yes. that's the tune. Thank
God, have got home once moier
Benny Scotland and Benny Doom
were the lAat words be uttered a. hs
PASSED up the Highlands Of The better
country. And there are here today
hundreds homesick for heaven; some
because you hays 20 many bereaye.
ments, some because You have 90
many temptations, Bome because you
have 90 many ailments; homesick,
very homesiok, for tue ia,herland OF
heaven. and the music that you want
10 hear now 10 the song OF Tree grace,
and the music you want 30 hear when
you die 10 tree grace, and forever be.
ioro the throne OF God you will sing
Of the grace OF our Lord Jssus Chris
who, though he was rich, yet for your
sakes bscame poorr
Ties. Jes; for your iakesl Il was
not on a pleasure excurtlon that he
came, for Il was all pain. IL was not
on astronomical exploration, for he
knew this world a. we'll before he
allehted as Aiterward. II was not be.
caue be wn compelled 10 come, for
he volunteered. II was not because II
was easy, for he know that II would
be thorn, aud spike, and hunger, and
Thirst. and voclieration OF angry mobs
For your sakeel Wipe away your
tear. To forgive your wrongdoine. q
companlonship your loneliness, "a
eoothe your sorrows, 10 cit with you
by the new made grave, 10 bind up
your wounds In the ugly battle with
the world. and bring you homo 81 las,
kindling up the mlss that fall on you
dying vision with the sunlight Of ,
glorious morn. For your sAkeri No
i will change that. Paul will not care
and OhrlIt will not care II change II
for must get Into the blessedness o
the ten, mytelf, and 90 l say, 'Por oul
sakeel For We all have our tempia
tons, and bereavemsnts, and oouh cts
For ouT saketl We, who deserve 10
our Sins 10 be expstriAted into worl,
az much poorer than this than thi
earth Was poorer than heaven. 70
our Oskesi But what q fruit
fol coming down TO take al
gloIiously up. Wien Arlaxefxes wa
buutltg, TirebaEus, who was attend
Ing him, showed the King = rent II
his gar Tbs King said: "Hoy
ahal mend itf' "By giving u q
me" said Tireblsaa. Then The KIM
gave him tie robe, but commander
him never 10 wesr u, a. II would b
inappropriate. Tee the startling an,
comforting fact, while our Pine,
: throws al the habit he not only al
, Iowa Ne 10 wear II, but com hands n
TO wear \, ard u will become ua we'll
|. snd Tor The pover,ioa oi our splriiua
ttste We may pnt on the splendors q
hshveily ieRalemenL Rorour rakes
U the personality Of this rol,gionl No
, an abstraction, not an arch unde
which We walk 70 behold elaborai,
I masonry, not an ice. castle like tina
which Empress u E,beth, Of Rursla
ever q hundred years ago, orderr,
> constructed, winter, with iis ,roNel o
! orystal, cementing tho hinge block
: that had bsen qnArried from The fros n
rivern OF the north, bat a father
, house with a Wide hearth cfacklln,
, q nearly welcome. A religion q
: warmth aud inspiration, and lIeht
= and ohoor, something we can tale I'M,
D our hearts, and homes, and business
; recreauons, and iys and eoror.
Not 40 unmanageable gift, like ths